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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the carcinogens from coal-buring plants last in the ground?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 50 years.
(c) Forever.
(d) 500 years.

2. How much more natural radioactivity are people living in Denver exposed to than someone in New York City?
(a) 0.1 rem.
(b) 0.5 rem.
(c) 0.8 rem.
(d) 0.2 rem.

3. How many gama rays were the firefighters of Chernobyl exposed to?
(a) Over a quadrillion.
(b) 750 billion.
(c) 500 trillion.
(d) About a quintillion.

4. In fallout from a nuclear bomb, what material is most likely to cause the most human deaths?
(a) Phosphorus-32.
(b) Cesium-137.
(c) Strontium-90.
(d) Polonium-215.

5. What is the radius of damage that would be caused by a 1-kiloton blast?
(a) 1,250 feet.
(b) 900 feet.
(c) 300 feet.
(d) 450 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Los Alamos Primer declassified and published by the United States?

2. How long were the steel columns of the World Trade Center designed to maintain their strength during an ordinary fire?

3. In Chapter 7, when oil would rise to what price per barrel did countries take their coal reserves and convert them to oil?

4. When was the Davy Crockett nuclear device exploded in a test?

5. During what presidential administration was the neutron bomb developed?

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